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I've been putting off renewing my mullvad membership because of the port forwarding thing. I only want to use it for torrenting. Is it really crucial to find a VPN that supports port forwarding? If so, what's the go to option now that it's becoming increasingly uncommon?

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[–] WhiteTiger@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (15 children)

I'm more concerned with the fact that they're removing features without reducing price or making up for it elsewhere. I have no desire to support that business when there are perfectly fine alternatives.

[–] not_awake@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (13 children)

there are perfectly fine alternatives.

Would you mind making some examples please?

[–] WhiteTiger@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] lp0101@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

ProtonVPN has dynamic port forwarding via a Windows client (or a python script if on Linux). Just a heads up, since it could be awkward to work out if you're downloading from a headless server.

I've heard AirVPN is good. I switched to iVPN and I'm satisfied

[–] ga22be@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Heads up if you don't already know, IVPN recently announced they are dropping port forwarding like Mullvad recently did. https://www.ivpn.net/blog/gradual-removal-of-port-forwarding/

[–] lp0101@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh motherfucker

AirVPN I guess then

[–] UntouchedWagons@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I've been using airvpn for years, no complaints.

[–] rambos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oyoyoy. What then?

Moved from mulvad to ivpn and now what?

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